Own Exhibition
2016
Double Sollo Show A Better Landscape, Alan Sonfist and Maria Rebecca Ballestra, Gallery Unimediamodern (Genoa-Italy) curated by Antonio d'Avossa
2015
Permanent Installation on the Certosa Island (Venice) in collaboration with ADAC (Archive of Contemporary Art of the University of Genoa and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Double Solo Show ,Maria Rebecca Ballestra - Filippo Centenari, WerkstattGalerie (Berlin – Germany) for Berlin Art Week curated by Pascul Jordan
Double Solo Show The Truth of Labyrinth by Maria Rebecca Ballestra - Julien Fridler - Gallery Spazio Testoni (Bologna – Italy)
Double Solo Show Maria Rebecca Ballestra – Julien Friedler, Palazzo Molin (Venice - Italy)
2014
Double solo show Sapere-Sapore by Maria Rebecca Ballestra and Rachela Abbate, Museum Palazzo Borea d’Olmo (Sanremo – Italy)
2012-2014
Itinerary project Journey into Fragility, promoted by ADAC (Archive of Contemporary Art of the University of Genoa)Twelve stages around the world: www.journeyintofragility.com
Meta-Architetture, Gallery Spazio Testoni (Bologna-Italy) curated by Paola Valenti
Journey into Fragility, Gallery 400mq (Ancona-Italy) curated by Federica Mariani
2013
Solo Show at Goat Art Project curated by Sara Rees (Cardiff – Wales)
Double solo Show Ballestra Maria Rebecca/Andrea Francolino curated by Paola Valenti/ Alberto Mattia Martini, Gallery Spazio Testoni (Bologna-Italy)
2011
Changing Perspective, series of solo exhibitions, installations and site specific projects curated by Paola Valenti in collaboration with Alessandra Piatti e Daniela Legotta (Genoa – Italy), included:
Post Human Garden – Contemporary Art Museum Villa Croce
Eyes on Asia – Museum of the Cultures of the World
The Weight of the Human Being, Sala Dogana
The Future is near. The Future is now! UnimediaModern Gallery
There’s plenty of room at the botton, Genoa Port Center
2010
The Future is near. The future is now! Galerie Alberta Pane (Paris – France) curated by Luca Bochicchio
2009
Kisses form China!, Phodar Biennale, Sofia, Bulgaria
Group Exhibition
2016
Planetariu, Ca' dei Carraresi (Treviso – Italy) - curated by Manuela Enna and Daniel Buso
In Principio era la Terra, Forte di Gavi and Libarna archeological area - curated by Matteo Galbiati e Kevin McManus
Photography – Darren Almond, Maria Rebecca Ballestra, Matteo Basile, Giacomo Costa, Barbara Kechler, Mario Schifano, – Gallery Natoli Mascarenhas – Principality of Monaco
2015
Impatto 2.0 Art Design Environment, Este (PD) promoted by S.E.S.A spa - curated by Elisa Celeghin e Ilaria Magni
Arteam Cup 2015 Officina delle Zattere – Venice
Visible City for Palinsesti 2015, a project by Giorgia Gastaldon Under the patronage of: Friuli Venezia Giulia, City of San Vito al Tagliamento, University of Udine, Ado Furlan Foundation, Casa Cavazzini, Gallery of Contemporary Art of Monfalcone, Fruili School of Mosaics
Macrocosmi, Old Postfuhramnt West (Berlin- Germany) curated by Pascual Jordan and Petra Dregger
Bologna Design Week, 5 minutes Free Zone , in collaboration with Lucia Palmero, Gallery Spazio Testoni (Bologna - Italy)
Biennial Italy – China, Mastio della Cittadella (Turin -Italy), ARCA (Vercelli – Italy), Medioeval Castel (Serralunga d'Alba – Italy), curated by EBLand
Suspended Spaces 2. Artists in dialogue with Cecilia Ravera Oneto’s art work, curated by Leo Lecci, Monica Saccomandi, Laura Valle. Exhibition Hall Piedmonte Region, (Turin – Italia)
2014
La photographie, une seconde nature! -Ibn El Farouk, Maria Rebecca Ballestra, Dalel Tangour, Luis Moragon - Mamia Bretesche Gallery (Paris – France)
Exhibition Cambridge Sustainable Residency, Norforlk Street Gallery (Cambridge – UK) curated by Marina Velez
Appearance Eco Arts Festival , S.E.A Gallery – Princetown (USA)
2013
Video Projection of the video “Dialogue for Preservation” during the Swiss Annual Development Cooperation Conference "A fragile world – young people’s perspectives" - Lugano Congress Center (Switzerland)
Sea Art Festival by Busan Biennale, South Korea project in collaboration with Rachela Abbate,
Invisible Cities – 12 artist for Calvino”, Accademia Ligustica (Genoa, Italy), organised by Foundation Mario Novaro
Video Festival Old Ambulance Depot in Edinburgh (Scotland)
5th edition of FIVAC, International Video Art Festival, in Camaguey, “The Next Resistance” section, (Cuba)
Marais Digital – Galerie Mamia Bretesche – Paris (France)
RicCAA International Biennial of Art and Design of Padova (Italy), ex macello, curated by Marisa Merlin
In-Naturale, Foundation Villa Margherita-Famiglia Teruzzi, Bordighera (IM) curated by Leo Lecci
2012
Centenary Docks Dora, cultural event organized by SAL – Spazio AdLbitum for the celebrations of 100 years of Docks Dora
Rolli Days, Tobia Pallavicino Palace (Genoa – Italy), courtesy UnimediaModern Gallery
Invisible Cities, 12 artists for Calvino, Museum Palazzo Borea D’Olmo (Sanremo- Italy) organised by Novaro Foundation
International Multimedia Art Festival in Yangon (Myanmar, Burma) organized by New Zero Art Space and the French Institute of Culture.
2011
Al Ghaib Aesthetic of the Disappearance, Maraya Art Center (Sharjah – UAE) curated by Gaia Serena Simionati
Al Ghaib Aesthetic of the Disappearance, Stux Gallery (New York – USA) curated by Gaia Serena Simionati
Nuit Blanche, Institute Français, (Paris – France and Oran – Alger) curated by Mamya Bretsche and Gaetan Pellan
Art Price Duchessa di Galliera, 2011 – 1956, Contemporary Art Museum Villa Croce (Genoa –Italy) curated by Anna Lercari
2010
Nuit Blanche, Institute Français, (Paris – France and Oran – Alger) curated by Mamya Bretsche and Gaetan Pellan)
Docks en Ciel curated by Adrien Pasternak - Chic Art Fair (La Cite’ de la Mode et du Design , Paris -France)
Sunday’s Screening Galerie Alberta Pane (Paris - France)
MC² - Museum’s collections # 2, Contemporary Art Museum Villa Croce, curated by Francesca Serrati
Moscow Biennale “Qui Vive?” (Moscow – Russia) curated by Daria Pyrkina
Video Festival Video Appart (Paris – Dubai)
Mashrab – Maghrab Contemporary Art Exhibition selected by Bastakia Art Fair -Heritage House Gallery - Dubaï (U.A.E.)
2009
Sowing Seeds Kaman Art Gallery (Jodhpur – India) curated by Nilesh Shidhpura
Phodar Biennial ’09 (Pevlen – Bulgaria) curated by Antoan Bozhinov
Intersection- Correlation(Berlin – Germany) curated by Brian Hackney Turn-Berlin Art Space
La Grande Abbuffata: Scorie, Scarti, Sprechi. Risorse energetiche (Auditorium of the Museums of Strada Nuova - Genoa) curated by Ko.Ji.Ku
2008
Sculpture Quadrennial of Riga (Latvia), organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia and Centre for Art Management and Information (MMIC)
21th Instants Video (Marseille – France) supported by The French Ministry of Culture, The Regional Council (PACA), The city of Marseille and the European Commission
Tracing love 24/7” Gallery Magacine (Belgrade, Serbia) curated by DEVE
Urban Jealousy 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran (Istanbul Turkey) , curated by Amirali Ghasemi and Serhat Koksal
Kaléidoscope de la création émergente, (Paris-France, Strasbourg, Bordeaux) curated by Helene Mugnier and Adrien Pasternak
Video Appart (Paris-France) curated by Mamia Bretesche
Arrivi e Partenze.Italia at the Mole Vanvitelliana (Ancona-Italy) curated by Alberto Fiz and Walter Gasperoni.
Prizes
2015
Finalist of Arteam Prize (Venice – Italy)
2013
Award Honorable Mention by the Santo Fondation (USA) for the 2013 Artist Awards
Second Prize at the Busan Sea Art Festival by Busan Biennale (Busan - Korea)
Residences
2016
Artist invited for the Artist Residence Program at FRAC Corse (France)
2015
Artist Residence Program Verde River (Phoenix – Arizona) curated by Signal Fire USA
Artist Residence Program presso il WAW Art center (Saint Louis – Senegal)
2014
Cambridge Sustainable Residency (collaborating artist), Cambridge School of Art and Angli Ruskin University (UK), curated by Marina Velez
First Caravan Brazil by Transnational Culture (San Paulo – Rio de Janeiro)
2013
Artist Residence Program Rhod 2013 – Future Nature Culture Carmarthenshire (Wales) – curated by Sara Rees
2012
Artist Residence “Creatives in Residence” Sunhoo Industrial Design Innovation Park (Fuyang, China)
Artist Residence Program at PROG KULTUR ZENTRUM (Bern – Switzerland) supported by KALART
Artist residence program XENIA (Pescara – Italy) supported by Cultural Association HUMANITAS
Artist residence Program at Abetenim Village (Ghana) supported by NKA Foundation
2011 Selected for DEFAULT Masterclass in Residence: On Art, Cities and Regeneration
Lecce, (Italy), organized by RAMDOM
2009
Selected for the International Artist Camp “Sowing Seeds” in Sar Village (Rajasthan – India)
2008
Selected for the Artist Residence Program at CEAC Chinese European Art Center (Xiamen – China)
Selected for the 1st International Openart Residency, Eretria (Greece) organized by Cheap Art Gallery of Athens
2007
Selected for the Artist Residence Program at Global Arts Village (Delhi – India
Lectures and Symposium______________________________________________________________
2016
A Better Landscape, a dilogue between Alan Sonfist (USA) and Maria Rebecca Ballestra – Gallery Unimediamodern (Genoa)
TransCultural Exchange's 2016 Conference on International Opportunities in the Arts: Expanding Worlds.(Boston University)
Round Table: Collaborating with Arts and Cultural Organizations across the Disciplines of Science, Ecology and Politics will offer a forum for discussing collaborative art projects that raise awareness of the fragility of our environment - Chair: Maria Rebecca Ballestra
2015
Network Ecologies Symposium – University of Hull - Scarborough Campus (UK)
2013
Talk “Art and ecology” Small World Theatre (Cardigan – Wales – UK)
2012
Lecture "Journey into Fragility", Maraya Art Center (Sharjah-UAE)
Lecture at PROG Zentrum (Bern-Switzerland)
2011
Lecture "Paesaggi artistici per lo spazio Pubblico", Liberrima, Lecce (Italy), included in the program ART LAB (Dialogue on the Culture management);
Lecture "Post Human Garden", Contemporary Art Museum Villa Croce during the Genoa Science Festival (Genoa,Italy);
Coffee Hour at Castello d'Albertis Museum of the Cultures of the World (Genoa, Italy)
2008
Lecture and Public presentation, Multimedia Department, Xiamen University (China);
Lecture, University of Genoa, Genoa (Italy);
Lecture and Public presentation, Museo di Palazzo Borea d’Olmo, Sanremo (Italy);
2007
Lecture, Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, Genoa (Italy);
2006 Lecture and Public presentation, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei (Taiwan);
Workshop and Performance with 100 students of MCAST Art and Design Institute of Mosta, (Malta)
Art Fairs
2016
Arte Fiera (Bologna- Italy) courtesy by Spazio Testoni Gallery
2014
Foto Fever – Carrousel du Louvre (Paris-France), courtesy Mamia Bretesche
Arte Fiera (Bologna- Italy) courtesy by Spazio Testoni Gallery
2013
Arte Fiera (Bologna- Italy) courtesy by the Spazio Testoni Gallery
2010
Photo Taipei , SunWorld Dinasty Hotel, Taipei (Taiwan), courtesy by Grand Siecle Gallery (Taiwan)
SH Contemporary Fair (Shanghai, China) courtesy by Galerie Alberta Pane
Swab Art Fair ( Barcelona – Spain) courtesy by Galerie Alberta Pane
2009
Slick Fair (Paris- France) courtesy by Galerie Alberta Pane
2008
Creek Art Fair (Dubai, UAE) courtesy by Art Show Gallery
Slick Fair (Paris- France) courtesy by Galerie Alberta Pane
Mois de la Photo Off (Paris- France)
2007
Digital and video art fair « Diva Fair” at Les Louvres des Antiquaires (Paris- France)
Public and Private Collection
Global Arts Village (Delhi, India)
Contemporary Museum Villa Croce (Genoa –Italy)
Taipei Artist Village (Taipei - Taiwan)
GAM Galley of Modern Art (Rome - Italy)
Gozo Contempoarary (Gozo – Malta)
Scuool San Carlo (Turin - Italy)
Galerie Alberta Pane (Paris – France)
Bibliography
MONOGRAPH
P.Valentii Journey into Fragility, Allemandi, 2015
Texts of: Massimo Morasso, Luca Bochicchio, Thomas Kalau, Mamia Bretesche, Daniela Legotta, Luca Zordan, Fabio Carnaghi, Alessandra Piatti, Sara Rees, Stella Rouskova, Leo Lecci, Joachim Arndt, Rachela Abbate
P.Valenti, Changing Perspective, De Ferrari , 2012
128 pag. Texts of: Alberto Diaspro, Patrice Garnier, Daniela Legotta, Adrien Pasternak, Alessandra Piatti, Anna Viola Sborgi, Paola Valenti
EXHIBITIONS’ CATALOGUES
L.Lecci, In-Naturale, Silvana Editoriale 2013 G.S.Simionati, Al Ghaib, Silvana Editoriale 2012 A.Bozhinov, Phodar Biennial 09, Sofia 2009 Ko.Ji.Ku., Grande Abbuffata. Scarti, Scorie, Sprechi. Risorse energetiche?, Erga Edition, Genoa 2009
Reijinsha Co.Ltd. - Comitè National Monègasque, Monaco-Japon, Monaco 2008
T. Nicolic, Tracing Love, Belgrado 2008
Slick’er ’08, Paris 2008 I. Tatiana Cruz, VideoAppart, i2m, Paris 2008
N2o Studio, Le Mois de la Photo, SNEL, Belgio 2008
F. Serrati, BAG Borsa Arte Giovane, Genoa 2007
A. Sethi, Art for Prabhat, Archana, Delhi 2007
Frère Independent, DIVA, Verdographics, Belgium 2007
S. Carrozzini, The Barbie Picture Show, Deho editon, Milan 2006
E. Marasco, F. Serrati, BAG-Borsa Arte Giovane, Genoa 2006 P. Ardizzola, Bombart, Pescara 2006
S. Carrozzini, Secrets, New York 2005 S. Carrozzini, Rolled Up, Deho’ edition, Milan 2005
GENERAL CATALOGUES
R. Amadei, I due rinascimenti, Biken International, Japan 2002
S. Bondi, M. Gonzales, M. Longobardi, A. Smilzo, Arte italiana dal Novecento ad Oggi, L’altro modo di Volare, 2001
D. Gandolfi, Apronia Marcellae le altre, 2010
School Education
1993
High School Diploma
1998
Graduated at Accademy of Fine Arts (Florence- Italy)
CONTACT:
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